The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1887-01-23
PINKERTONS STILL HERE.
THE WICKED CAPTAIN FOLEY
IN CHARGE OF THEN.


dered Boy TO-Day-The Jersey City
Police Doing Picket Duty-was The
Fatal Shot Deliberate.
The statement made in the unreliable
daily sheets that Mayor Cleveland had
driven ard forced the Pinkerton specials
away from the Delaware, Lackawanna and
Western Railroad docks was proven by the
investigations of the SUNDAY News reporter
last evening to be false One of the re-
porters, provided kindly with 'pass
into the yards by Chief of Police Murphy,
went there last evening and was escorted
by Policemen Mccarthy and Randall, who
were inscharge of the regular police detail,
all over the grounds. The reporter met
between thirty and forty of the Pinkerson
men as he climbed along, and was informed
that altogether there are over one hundred
of that crowd in the yards. They are
armed to the teeth, but they are kept in
reserve, and the picket duty which they
did at the start has been delegated to the
regular men of the local police force
The Pinkertons, their services not be-
ing in active demand, were posted
around in cars, sleeSlng or amusing
themselves. Chief of Police Murphy is
himself in active command of the forces
there. During the day Inspector Lange is
his lieutenant in charge on the docks. The
men Of the regular force on duty there are
the uniformed men of the departm ent.
The beats that they usually cover in the
city are being covered by the specials APP
pointed by the Police Board the other day.
Nor is it even true that Captain Foley, the
head of the Pinkerton gang, has either re-
tired or been retired from command He
has shifted his quarters to Bayonne, and
has handsomely fitted up stateroom on
the Kill Won Kull. The Pinkertons have
men at the docks in Bayonne and Wee
hawken, as well as at the docks in this city,
and Foley is in command of all these
gangs.
The humble apartments at the house
No. 583 Grove street, where the body of
little Tommy Hohan lies, was crowded last
evening by friends of the family of the
family of the dead boy. They were chiefly
men and young boys, who discussed in
whispers the sad death of their young
friend. They did not express any senti-
ment respecting the men who brought the
boy to such an untimely end. but used all
their efforts to soothe the afflicted family
Last evening the body lay in an ice-box,
which was draped in mourning, and to-
morrow it will be placed in the casket of
imitation rosewood with silver handles
1t will be removed from the hou Sc at half
past two in the afternoon, to ST. Michaels
Catholic Church, where the funeral cere-
monies will be held. After the services at
the church the funeral will proceed to the
new Catholic Cemetery, where the body
will be inferred.
The following letter, which explains j.
self, was received by the father of the dead
boy:
FRIEND HOGAN: deeply sympathize with you in
your affection in the loss of your son, who was
un fortunately killed yesterday. Knowing your
circumstances financially. and your employer
for over twelve years, you are authorized to have
the body decently Inferred and have the bill sent
TO me for payment. This offer is not made as Z.
city official, buf as an individual and employer
worthy employe. CLAY TILDEN.
1t is feared IL at the closing scenes of the
sad event will have the effect of arousing
the feelings Of the populace, and special
corps of officers will be detailed to The
scene.
Coroner Burke yesterday empaneled
jury to hold an inquest over the remains of
the murdered boy. County Physician Gen.
verse in issuing the precept to him had d.
rected him to select the jurors Car Iully,
and to pick his men from districts remote
from the scene of the shooting, who would
not be influenced in their Judgment by
local agitations. The Jurors chosen are
Daniel Davis, Frank De Hart, John w,
Welsh, james r.. Perrine, James Beach,
John W. Hull, j. Roberts, Jesse De Croft,
Martin Downs, j. Lippmann, Sven Nolan,
George Fl. B. Hunt. They viewed the re-
mains of the luckless child. and the Inquest
will be begun at the Oakland Avenue po-
lice station on Thursday evening next.
A postmortem examination of the re-
mains yesterday indicated that the shoot
ing of the boy had been deliberate. If. as
has been suggested, the murderer shot into
the ground to brighten, and the ball was
DETECTED, by striking hard substance, on
its fatal mission, it would have been bat
tered out of shape by the contact. The
ball when taken from the back of the boys
head yesterday was in perfect shape, and
showed no signs of having struck any hard
substance at all. On the other Ian Chief
Murphy thinks that, if the revolver had been
deliberately aimed at the boy and the ball
deli, erei strait ut from the pistol, it would
not have stopped in the boys head. His
idea is that such a weapon would have
driven ball not only through the boys
body, but hey ond it. John Barrett, of No.
154 Madison street, Hoboken. it will be re-
Hembered. identified Sheehy, one of the
men in the Jail, as having deliberately aim
ed his weapon at the boy. Reporters of
this paper visited his residence three times
yesterday and last evening to learn from
him the full story of the shooting, but he
was not at home. 1t is said though, by
those to whom he has told his story, that
he saw Sheehy get down behind car, level
his weapon at the crowd, and fire. One eff
the NEWS men was at the Police Headquar-
ttrs on Thursday evening when man and
two boys identified Sheehy. His knees
shook as he was pointed out. Then turn.
irg away. he said coolly:
They dead wrong on me-"
Walllck at the Academy.
Mr.. James Fl. wallick will pace the
boards here this week in the dual charac